Deb draws a winning ticket in the Challenge raffle as Valerie keeps track of the winners.

Announcing our Dress Me for Success Corporate Challenge raffle draw winners!

• Chevron Gift Certificate – $250 - #2666 – Joanne Adams

• Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel – 1 night stay – $200 - #0477 Christina Bell

• Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel - 1 night stay in Fairmont Gold Harbour Mountain View Room - $650 - #0281 – Gail Gossen

• Hennessey Hair Salon – Gift Certificate –$100 - #1511 Bill Maclager

• Le Petit Spa – Half Hour Facial Peel - $60 #0308- Andrea Potter

• Ora Recycled Leather Bag – $200 - #5486 – Brianna Bergeron

• Safeway Gift Certificate –$250 - #4075 - Pooneh Maghrebian

• Wine Lovers Gift Basket –$100 - #2004 – James Lee

• Rain Hair Boutique – Hair Cut Gift Certificate –$75 - #5457 – Julie Johnson

• Helijet Int'l & Delta Victoria - Return for 2, 1 night - $1000 - #0339 – Tamara Paul

Congratulations winners and a HUGE thank you to all who bought tickets – we raised close to $10,000 through the raffle! That’s enough money to put 67 women through all four of our client services: Dressing, Career Centre, Professional Women’s Group (PWG), and PWG Alumni.

Winning tickets were sold by the following companies: BC Hydro (2 winners), Klein Lyons (2 winners), Stella & Dot (2 winners), GBS (2 winners), Blakes, and Lydia Miller (event chair).

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8 hard-working volunteers from Deloitte made a 6-foot tall pile of clothing donations disappear last week during their “Impact Day”. In just 6 hours, they managed to sort through weeks’ worth of donations, so that we could once again see the floor… Thank you Deloitte crew!!!

DFS Van on flare.com!

Dress for Success' Deborah Twocock (second from right) and Professional Women's Group member Santa Chow (far right) pose with Kathy Barr and Kimberly MacAuley (left - both Oakridge Centre) and FLARE Editor-in-Chief Lisa Tant (centre).

Post-Challenge Kick-off, participants and other Vancouver fashionistas attended Flare Magazine and Oakridge Centre's Fall Trend Report - an exclusive preview of Fall 2010's fashion and beauty trends. All proceeds of the event supported Dress for Success Vancouver. Thank you Oakridge and FLARE! See more photos of the event on FLARE's website.

Corporate Challenge Kicks Off with a BANG! Literally…

BC Hydro's Cynthia Curll pops her balloon to determine what item her Challenge Team will collect for Dress for Success Vancouver’s Corporate Challenge. (Photo: Brian Hawkes Photographic Inc.)

Dress for Success Vancouver kicked off our annual fall fundraiser, Dress Me for Success Corporate Challenge, at Oakridge Centre September 1st. Challengers made noise by popping balloons to select which items they will collect over the month of September in support of local women re-entering the workforce.

Nineteen companies are taking part in the Challenge, which includes a drive, raffle, scavenger hunt and fashion show. You can join the Corporate Challengers at the Marriot Pinnacle Hotel on October 7th to celebrate the completion of their month-long challenge.

Tickets are $25.00 (one drink and appies included). The evening includes a fashion show, supporters showcase, auction and door prizes. Watch as Challengers strut their stuff and are awarded their prizes.

For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

PWG Success Summit 2010

Lucia Crosson, PWG Coordinator with Joi Gordon C.E.O of Dress for Success World Wide and Santa Chow, PWG Vancouver Delegate

Dress for Success Worldwide annually holds the Success Summit, a conference for Professional Women’s Group (PWG) members and coordinators to develop leadership skills through networking, learning new personal and professional skills and exploring issues surrounding career development.

This year, Santa Chow represented Dress for Success Vancouver at the PWG Success Summit in Chicago IL. Santa learnt to develop leadership skills to create and implement together with her PWG colleagues a project that will benefit the Lower Mainland community.

Flare Magazine and Oakridge Centre present Fall Trend Report 2010!

Join Lisa Tant, Editor-in-chief of FLARE for a sneak peak of the fashion and beauty trends for the fall! There will be door prizes, gift bags, raffle prizes, cocktails and hours d'oeuvres!

The details:
When: September 1 - 6:30-7:30pm (Doors open at 6pm)
Where: Oakridge Centre (Cambie and 41st)

$20 donation at the door benefits Dress for Success Vancouver

Seating is Limited -- Please RSVP by August 30th to www.flare.com/oakridge

Thanks Angel Restoration and PwC!

Last Thursday, we were so fortunate to have carpet cleaning services donated to us by Angel Restoration. A team of Dress for Success Vancouver volunteers emptied the store of nearly everything but a few clothing racks on Thursday morning.

Taking the store apart was easy, putting it back together was a tad more challenging! Thank goodness 5 fabulous volunteers from PwC came in to help us out! Over the course of the day, the store was scrubbed top to bottom and everything found its place again (just in time for our Dressing Services appointments the next morning!).

Thank you PwC and Angel Restoration!